Columbus to Ferdinand, and other poems
Philip Freneau, poet of the American Revolution: "The Power of Fancy", "The Deserted Farm-House", "A Political Litany".
Measured across the book
Across its 7,775 lines, 94% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 94% to 95%). Alliteration runs at 1.01 times what shuffling the words would give (0.35 observed against 0.34 expected). 10% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
The History of the Prophet Jonahiambic pentameter · AABB · 357 linesThe Adventures of Simon Swaugum, a Village Merchant: Preliminary Particularsiambic pentameter · 38 linesThe Adventures of Simon Swaugum: The Shop Described and the Merchant's Outsetiambic pentameter · 52 linesThe Adventures of Simon Swaugum: His Journey to the Metropolis; and Mercantile Transactionsiambic pentameter · AABB · 78 linesThe Adventures of Simon Swaugum: The Merchant's Returniambic pentameter · AABB · 26 linesThe Adventures of Simon Swaugum: The Catastrophe, or the Broken Merchantiambic pentameter · AABB · 88 linesThe Adventures of Simon Swaugum: The Puncheon's Eulogyiambic pentameter · AABB · 12 linesThe Adventures of Simon Swaugum: Epilogueiambic pentameter · ABABCDCDEEFF · 12 linesThe Pyramids of Egyptiambic pentameter · 135 linesThe Monument of Phaoniambic tetrameter · ABAB · 130 linesThe Power of Fancytrochaic tetrameter · AABB · 154 linesThe Prayer of Orpheusiambic tetrameter · ABABCDCD · 40 linesThe Deserted Farm-Houseiambic pentameter · ABAB · 44 linesThe Citizen's Resolveiambic tetrameter · AABB · 86 linesThe Dying Elmiambic tetrameter · 24 linesColumbus to Ferdinandiambic pentameter · 60 linesThe Rising Glory of Americaiambic pentameter · 472 linesA Poem on the Rising Glory of Americaiambic pentameter · 727 linesOn Retirementiambic tetrameter · ABAAB · 20 linesDiscoveryiambic pentameter · AABB · 116 linesThe Pictures of Columbus: Picture Iiambic tetrameter · AABB · 51 linesThe Pictures of Columbus: Picture IIiambic tetrameter · AABB · 88 linesThe Pictures of Columbus: Picture IIIiambic pentameter · 58 linesThe Pictures of Columbus: Picture IViambic pentameter · 51 linesThe Pictures of Columbus: Picture Viambic pentameter · 54 linesThe Pictures of Columbus: Picture VIiambic tetrameter · AABB · 64 linesThe Pictures of Columbus: Picture VIIiambic pentameter · 37 linesThe Pictures of Columbus: Picture VIIIiambic pentameter · 55 linesThe Pictures of Columbus: Picture IXiambic pentameter · ABABCCDDC · 45 linesThe Pictures of Columbus: Picture Xiambic pentameter · 21 linesThe Pictures of Columbus: Picture XIiambic pentameter · 32 linesThe Pictures of Columbus: Picture XIIiambic pentameter · 38 linesThe Pictures of Columbus: Picture XIIIiambic pentameter · 113 linesThe Pictures of Columbus: Picture XIViambic pentameter · 71 linesThe Pictures of Columbus: Picture XViambic pentameter · 33 linesThe Pictures of Columbus: Picture XVIiambic pentameter · 27 linesThe Pictures of Columbus: Picture XVIIiambic pentameter · 24 linesThe Pictures of Columbus: Picture XVIIIiambic pentameter · ABABCC · 24 linesThe Expedition of Timothy Taurus, Astrologer: To the Falls of Passaick River, in New Jerseyanapaestic tetrameter · 386 linesA Political Litanyanapaestic tetrameter · AABB · 32 linesAmerican Liberty, a Poemiambic pentameter · AABB · 314 linesGeneral Gage's Soliloquyiambic pentameter · AABB · 139 linesThe Midnight Consultations; or, a Trip to Bostoniambic pentameter · AABB · 252 linesThe Midnight Consultations: Epilogueiambic pentameter · AABB · 54 linesA Voyage to Boston, a Poemiambic pentameter · AABB · 471 linesThe Silent Academyiambic tetrameter · AABB · 38 linesLines to a Coasting Captainiambic tetrameter · AABB · 24 linesTo the Americansiambic pentameter · AABB · 46 linesThe Vernal Agueiambic tetrameter · AABB · 26 linesGeneral Gage's Confessioniambic pentameter · AABB · 163 linesThe Distrest Shepherdessanapaestic tetrameter · AABB · 32 linesMars and Hymeniambic tetrameter · 197 linesMac Swiggen: A Satireiambic pentameter · AABB · 156 linesThe House of Nightiambic pentameter · 542 linesThe Jamaica Funeraliambic pentameter · ABAB · 128 linesThe Jamaica Funeral: The Sermoniambic pentameter · ABAB · 92 linesThe Beauties of Santa Cruziambic pentameter · 440 linesOn a Hessian Debarkationiambic pentameter · 20 linesThe Jewish Lamentation at Euphratesiambic tetrameter · ABABCC · 36 linesAmerica Independent: And Her Everlasting Deliverance from British Tyranny and Oppressioniambic pentameter · 348 linesOn Amanda's Singing Birdtrochaic tetrameter · AABB · 54 linesOn the New American Frigate Allianceiambic tetrameter · AABB · 60 linesOn the Death of Captain Nicholas Biddleiambic tetrameter · AABCCB · 60 linesCaptain Jones's Invitationiambic tetrameter · AABBCC · 60 linesThe Sea Voyageiambic tetrameter · AABCBC · 48 lines
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